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Professor Diane Orentlicher Appointed to State Department Position


Professor Diane F. Orentlicher has been named Deputy, Office of War Crimes Issues for the U.S. Department of State. The Office of War Crimes Issues, led by Ambassador-at-Large Stephen Rapp, advises the Secretary of State directly and formulates U.S. policy responses to atrocities committed in areas of conflict and elsewhere throughout the world. Orentlicher, co-director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at WCL, is a leading authority on war crimes tribunals and has lectured and written extensively on the scope of states' obligations to address mass atrocities and on the law and policy issues relating to international criminal tribunals. MORE

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The National Law Journal
Law and Government Fellow Stephen Wermiel was quoted in a Sept. 28 story about the upcoming Supreme Court term, and how Justice Stevens’ possible retirement could mean "a dramatic power shift will occur." Read the article.

The National Law Journal
Professor Stephen Vladeck was quoted in a Sept. 28 story on how the upcoming Supreme Court term will be defined by cases that focus on "the unique and various ways lawyers practice law and how the legal system protects lawyers, perhaps even from themselves," said Vladeck. Read the article.

NPR.org
Professor Jamin Raskin wrote an op-ed piece that was featured on NPR's website on Sept. 10. The piece argued that corporations shouldn't be viewed the same as people in the eyes of the court. Raskin's piece was one side of a two-part debate over whether or not corporations should have the same freedom of speech protections as people. View the op-ed.

Denver Post
Professor Brenda Smith was quoted in a Sept. 6 story on sexual misconduct allegations against employees of the Colorado Department of Corrections. Read the article.

NPR - 88.5 WAMU FM
Professor Stephen Vladeck appeared on the "Kojo Nnamdi Show" on Sept. 9 to discuss the recent John Ashcroft wrongful detention lawsuit and the legal implications of holding government officials personally accountable for actions performed on the job. Listen to the segment.

Professor Nancy Polikoff, was a guest during an hour-long segment on Sept. 23 about the complex rules on local and state levels concerning gay relationships. "Marriage, whether gay couples have access to it or not, shouldn’t be the diving line in law between relationships that count and relationships that don’t count. We need to look at what we’re trying to accomplish in every law we pass and figure out what relationships should count." Listen to the segment.

On Sept. 24, Matthew Pascocello, assistant director of the Office of Career and Professional Development, talked about the impact of fewer jobs and budget cuts in the legal industry. "I think the difference that I’m seeing with graduates of the last year is that they are taking risks in stride," he said. "They recognize that this is not just a regional, not just a national but an international economic climate against which they’re facing." Listen to the segment.

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